Sentence examples for settled power from inspiring English sources
He had other problems, not the least of which was the fact that his adopted Shia faith was the doctrine not of settled power but of permanent argument; at its heart was a distrust of all secular government; Abbas needed loyalty.
Florestan and his court — and we, vicariously — wake up in that milieu of settled power and confidence.
Florestan and his court and we, vicariously wake up in that milieu of settled power and confidence.
By the 5th century, however, the settled powers needed their hinterlands enough to foster client states: the Byzantines oversaw the Ghassānid kingdom; the Persians oversaw the Lakhmid; and the Yemenis (prior to the Abyssinian invasion) had Kindah.
Representative Billy Tauzin, Republican of Louisiana and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said giving the federal government authority to settle power line disputes would encourage needed investment in transmission systems.
As American forces have been deployed in places like Khost, the support they can offer -- including large amounts of money -- has been seen by warlords as a crucial factor in settling power struggles.
Energy regulators approved a $110 million payment by the Kroger Company, the largest supermarket chain in the country, to Dynegy Inc. to settle power-supply contracts agreed during California's energy crisis in early 2001.
Whether Mr. Jang will retire after seeing his nephew settled into power or will cultivate his own ambition is a prime topic of speculation among North Korea watchers.
"Now that all the conferences are settled and power ratings will be established for on-the-field play, we hope each conference will look at the issues involving the academic performances of all of their student-athletes".
During the early 1920s in Mexico, as the revolutionary government settled into power, the Mexican state and its associated artists and intellectuals began to search for new forms in architecture, literature and art that would represent Mexico and "Mexicanness", whatever that meant.
Both the painful wounds of exile and concern about the future of the island, rekindled now that Raúl Castro has settled into power, are never far from the surface in Cuban Miami, even among young people whose politics vis-à-vis Cuba are far less hard-line and confrontational than those of their parents and grandparents.
